Both Uses
revere
in
The Comedy of Errors
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- A very reverent body; ay, such a one as a man may not speak of without he say sir-reverence.†
Scene 3.2 *reverent = feeling or showing respect and admiration
- A very reverent body; ay, such a one as a man may not speak of without he say sir-reverence.†
Scene 3.2reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
Definitions:
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(1)
(revere) regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus)
- Your reverence is a title that can be used to address royalty or clergy.
- Irreverent is the opposite of reverent and in addition to meaning "without respect" can sometimes imply a comic attitude.